Alphonse feiedbick



A'. PRIEDRICK. l Window-Sash.'

No. 224,675. Patented Feb. 17, 1880..

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NJETERS. PHDI'VUTHOGRAFHER. WASMINGYON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHONSE FRIEDRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 224,675, dated February 1'7, 1880.

Application filed January 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALPHONSE FEIEDRIGK, of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WindowfSashes, of which the following is a speciication.

My improvement relates to lead .sa-shes, such as are used in illuminated or ornamental windows. As heretofore constructed such windows have been strengthened by iron rods placed at intervals diagonally across the lead frames, and secured thereto by small Wires twisted around the bars and soldered `to the lead crossstrips. Such bars are unsightly. They distigure the designs, and in large Windows the lead sash between the bars is not protected. y

The object of my invention is to strengthen the lead sashes where required by metal wires, which will be soldered to and hid by the sash; and the invention consists in a combination lead and wire sash, the iron or steel wire being soldered upon the lead and connected together where they cross by soldered joints, as hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a window-sash constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line cc cc of Fig. 1.

Similar letters or" reference indicate like parts in the drawings.

In the sash shown the spaces for glass are of simple rectangular form, with a circular centerpiece; but it is to be understood that the invention is applicable to sashes having spaces of any ornamental form, and following the lines of a figure, as usual, in illuminated windows. V

The lead cross-bars a are connected to -bars b in any usual manner.

c are the strengthening-wires, which are continuous pieces, crossing each other and joined by soldering at those points, so as to and it is to be understood that the wires may form a continuous frame, as shown, or be applied only to such portions oi" the lead frame as require them.

The rods c are of iron, steel, or copper wire of a springy nature, Iand ot' a diameter of or less than the width of the lead bars ct, so that they are hid by the bars a. The glass is thus not obstructed in any manner, While the sash thus formed is strengthened and braced throughout. The frame formed in this manner is springy, and the elasticity will prevent the lead sashes from becoming permanently bent when sprung by pressure.

In windows wherein the lead bars a follow the lilies of a ligure, the wires a, will be bent to the required shape and attached as described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A window-sash formed with lead crossbars, strengthened by a wire frame attached upon its rear side, so that the Wires of the said frame4 will be hid by the lead cross-bars, substantially as shown and described.

2. In lead sashes, the strengthening wires or rods c, united together and solderedl upon the lead bars a in the manner substantially as show n and described, for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the lead windowsash, of spring-Wires a, attached by soldering upon the cross-bars of the sash, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ALPHONSE FRIEDRIGK.

Witnesses:

GEo. D. WALKER, JAMES H. HUNTER. 

